They played for the sake of play alone, and their only concern was the ultimate evolution of their game.

Tuesday, March 08, 2005

Difficulty at the Beginning

The birth of anything - including any new relationship - is an entry into the realm of the unknown. When new things seem to be rushing upon you, confusion can so easily take over. But I believe chaos is a powerful force if you harness it properly. It's so important to remember not to rush things. It's so important to not let events overwhelm you. And while it's important to stay calm and persevering, you must not forget to take the first step.

When you know that challenges lie ahead it is important to make efforts *now* to gain strength and find your courage. Like a new born fawn, the opportunity for rapid development is real, but only by being determined can the fawn rise to its feet and survive to grow to full stature.

It seems almost always that my primary challenge is maintaining personal clarity. I sometimes have to make such an effort to avoid lunging at solutions and to wait until a good course of action becomes clear.

"I am the seasoned traveler
Of the Labyrinth.
The genius of alacrity,
Wizard of the impossible.
My brilliance is yet unmatched
In its originality.
My heart's filled with potent magic
That could cast a hundred spells.
I am put together
For mine own pleasure.

I am the Monkey."

Seems pretty apt.

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"My friend, every sorceress is a pragmatist at heart; nobody sees essence who can't face limitation. If I wanted only to hold you

I could hold you prisoner." -- Circe's Power, Louise Gluck

"My story is not a pleasant one; it is neither sweet nor harmonious, as invented stories are; it has the taste of nonsense and chaos, of madness and dreams -- like the lives of all men who stop deceiving themselves." -- Demian, Hermann Hesse

"The Muses are vindictive deities: they avenge themselves without mercy on those who weary of their charms." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

THE RULES: As a general rule, and most of you already know this, I prefer annonymous comments on this blog. Here is where I like to talk more "idea to idea" than person to person. I've got another journal wherein I get all personally chatty, but here I like the idea of ideas being separate from the contructs/biases/"personalities" behind them. Because those things color us all, don't they? Anyway, it's not a hard and fast rule, so feel free to comment however you like. Caro can never help giving herself away and, of course, Aspyre is always welcome to comment with identity because when Ladarna and Aspyre talk, it has always been idea to idea anyway. :)